Course Details

LAN/WAN technologies, switch/router setup and configuration, and IT security solutions with extensive TCP/IP implementation labs.

During this class, you will get the opportunity to:

• Discover monitoring tools: analyze LAN protocol traffic & learn essential troubleshooting skills
• Gain hands-on experience with setup of a state-of-the-art router
• Connect switches to routers & monitor network traffic to ensure proper connectivity
• Demystify VLANs - use them to improve your network’s performance, security and reliability
• Learn how to install and configure DCHP and DNS
• Secure wireless access points and configure wireless nodes for proper connectivity
• Work hands-on in a real-world network environment with switches, routers, firewalls, wireless access points, LAN analyzers, and DHCP and DNS servers
• Deploy and configure VLANs, layer 3 switches, and wireless access points
• Acquire the essential security skills necessary for today's networking professional
• Perform IP address subnetting and subnet masking and use variable-length subnet masks
• Conduct static and dynamic routing, configure default routes and enable RIP routing
  
  

18 HANDS-ON LABS
(You must bring your laptop to participate in the labs)

• Lab 1: Connectivity
• Lab 2: LAN monitors & examining Ethernet frame format
• Lab 3, Group Exercise: Deterioration of performance under high collision rates with hubs and switches
• Lab 4: Router connectivity and managing configuration
• Lab 5: Routers, LAN switches, and compatible IP settings
• Lab 6: Setup of various IP subnets and subnet masks
• Lab 7: Restoration from disconnect and ARP entry removal
• Lab 8: Examining and verifying ARP caches on a route
• Lab 9: IP routing tables and configuring routes
• Lab10: Dynamic routing protocol
• Lab11: Configuring VLANs and managing virtual routers
• Lab12: Dynamic MAC-based VLAN membership
• Lab13: Configuring a Microsoft DHCP server
• Lab14: Configure a Microsoft DNS server
• Lab15: Installing soft firewalls
• Lab16: Level 3 access lists on routers
• Lab17: Using/verifying level 4 access lists on firewalls
• Lab18: Secure wireless connectivity for laptops
  
  

Who should attend this class:

Anyone who needs to master the fundamentals of Local Area Networks or anyone involved in the design, installation, configuration, maintenance or support of a network will find this course valuable. An IMMEDIATE benefit to:

• IT Managers
• IT Supervisors
• LAN Managers
• LAN Administrators
• Technology Planners
• Network Administrators
• Telecommunications Managers
• Network Product Analysts
• Network Designers and Engineers
• System Administrators
• Voice Technicians